Goethe's representative works include: "The Sorrows of Young Werther" and "Faust".
"The Sorrows of Young Werther" is a novella written by German writer Goethe. The book was presented at the Leipzig Book Fair in the autumn of 1774, where it became a bestseller.
The novel describes the experience and feelings of progressive young people towards the despicable German society at that time, showing the author's reaction to the feudal moral hierarchy and his strong demand for individual liberation: the young Werther fell in love with a girl named Lotte The girl is engaged to someone else. The setback in love made Werther devastated. Later, Werther committed suicide because he was incompatible with feudal society and felt that his future was hopeless. It is the most read of Goethe's works by his contemporaries.
"Faust" is a 12,111-line poetic drama created by the German writer Goethe. The first part was published in 1808, with twenty-five scenes, regardless of act. The second part has twenty-seven scenes, divided into five acts. The whole play does not have a coherent plot from beginning to end. Instead, it uses the development and changes of Faust's thoughts as clues, German folklore as the theme, and German and European society since the Renaissance as the background. It tells the story of an emerging bourgeois advanced intellectual who is dissatisfied with reality. , strive to explore the meaning of life and the ideal life path of society. It is a poetic drama that perfectly combines realism and romanticism.
"Faust" (Faust) is Goethe's masterpiece and the crystallization of his lifelong thought and artistic exploration. The conception and writing of "Faust" ran through Goethe's life. He began writing in 1768 and lasted until 1832 - 64 years ago.
"Faust" has a grand conception, complex content, huge structure, and varied styles. It combines realism and romanticism, and combines true description and unrestrained imagination, contemporary life and ancient times. Myths and legends are mixed together, and they are good at using the method of contradiction and contrast to arrange scenes and configure characters, sometimes solemn and sometimes humorous, satirical and hymn, with various forms and mottled colors, reaching a very high artistic level.